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Welcome to my art blog from Tasmania, Australia. I post a little on my various art projects while also working in plant genetics. For more, please try the links to my various art pages or email me at silvergumstudio@yahoo.com.au. Thank you for visiting!

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Inside Story in Hobart report

Heather Rose and Danielle Wood

Rachel Tribout and Daniel Patman

Coral Tulloch

Julie Hunt and me

Lindsey Little and twin Lauren (R, or is it L?)

Anne Morgan

‘Inside Story’ at Fullers Bookshop in Hobart (Oct 30th) kicked off with a flamboyant de-wigging by glamorous author Angelica Banks.Angelica’s twin alter egos, Heather Rose and Danielle Wood, impersonated
their fictional writer Serendipity Smith, peeling off outer disguises to reveal the hardworking mothers underneath.Next, Captain Blueberry – sometimes mistaken
for author/illustrator Rachel Tribout – took us on a voyage of discovery with
the Monsters of Tasmania.And there were
gasps as Coral Tulloch produced the 30-year-old dummy that inspired her recent
book, The Journey. That's a book dummy, not the other sort! I told the audience about an African campfire where you
can always go to meet a little Girl in Sudan.

Alison Lester

Inside Story at Fullers Bookshop

Lindsey Little was expected to say a few words about her
first novel James Munkers: Super Freak,
but instead two eerily
similar Guardians from another dimension materialised to tell the caustic truth
about poor James.Anne Morgan told us
how to fight climate change by listening to chickens and marrying the princess
with the Smallest Carbon Footprint in the Land.And as if all that wasn’t enough, North Island of Australia escapee
Alison Lester revealed where she got the idea for Kissed by the Moon, leaving
the audience in no doubt that inspiration can be found in the humblest of
places.The happy crowd ate food
inspired by the books, won lucky door prizes and bought books.The authors and illustrators had a love-in and we all went home wrapped
in the glow that is SCBWI.Many thanks
to Fullers Bookshop for hosting Inside Story in Hobart – we can’t wait for next
time!